The 2017 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its Division I members in the United States and Canada for the 2016âÂÂ17 basketball season.
Oklahoma City defeated LewisâÂÂClark State in the championship game, 73âÂÂ66, to claim the Stars' ninth NAIA national title.
The tournament was played at the Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark in Billings, Montana.
The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, which were sorted into four quadrants of eight teams each. Within each quadrant, teams were seeded sequentially from one to eight based on record and season performance.
The tournament continued to utilize a simple single-elimination format.